Found on a google maps trip to Al Jirab, Along the E11 24°05’14.0"N 53°55’27.0"E
Salt harvesting?
What are these elongated rectangles in the water area?
Submitted 6 months ago by cosmicrookie@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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evening_push579@feddit.nu 6 months ago
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It could be yeah! I Just can’t find any info on it online
onion@feddit.de 6 months ago
Wouldn’t they have to be inverted? Raised walls to partition and ponds in between
TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I think I may have found the answer? After researching a little bit it looks like Abu al Abyad, the island above the elongated rectangles is actually an international military testing facility. This article , and a couple similar to it alluded that the area is for testing naval equipment and amphibious landings.
There are similar man made pools of salt water in desert condition that the US utilizes for radar testing at the China Lake research facility in California.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
Could also be algae farming, but it looks Mord Mike salterns.
englislanguage@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
Maybe the name (arabic: الخضيرة, English Al Khidayrah) helps.
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Thanks!
I mostly just found other posts (on reddit) about the same place, but no definite answer. Most likely it sounds like a mangrove plantation though
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
They’re water farms, they just happen to be rectangular in shape thanks to the Seigneurial system
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 6 months ago
But this is salt water. How can they grow crops in that?
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Flood the plane, let the water evaporate, and you’ve got yourself some salt buddy
Now if only we could do the same with pepper, we’d be set
Tronn4@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Water streets.
PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Unrelated, but I love that you discovered this image and worked so hard to figure out the answer to your question. I had also never heard of the Top View community, and it’s so interesting - subscribed! Thanks, OP :)
Jarix@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I also subscribed!